On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 08:52:40AM -0600, Aleksandar Milivojevic wrote:
> Abhik Das wrote:
> >How can we install Fedora core 2 / 3 without burning iso images to CD?
>
> I guess you simply want to avoid downloading 2-3GB of ISO images?
>
[ snip ]
Actually there is a way you can install Fedora core without a boot CD or a
boot USB device.
First you will need a copy of the boot.iso.
then mount it
(as root)
mount -o loop boot.iso /mnt
Next make a new dir in you /boot directory
mkdir /boot/upgrade
Next copy the contents of /mnt/isolinux to the directory you just created.
cp /mnt/isolinux /boot/upgrade
Finally modify your grub.conf to have to be able to boot from /boot/upgrade/
make it look something like this
title Fedora Core (Upgrade)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /upgrade/vmlinuz ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
initrd /upgrade/initrd.img
Now reboot
>From the Grub Menu choose
Fedora Core (Upgrade)
Now you can follow the rest of the instructions in this thread.
> As soon as you get first Fedora splash screen, on boot prompt type
> "linux askmethod". Boot loader will load the kernel, than Anaconda
> installer will start, and will ask you what installation method you wish
> to use. It will also ask you to configure your ethernet card (either
> static config or DHCP can be used). For network installs, you can
> choose between NFS, FTP, and HTTP. Choose FTP or HTTP (NFS is mostly
> usefull if you have local copy of Fedora install tree exported over NFS)
> and when asked just point it to your favorite Fedora mirror. For
> example, if Fedora installation tree is located at
> http://foo.bar.com/mirrors/fedora/3/i386/os/, than you would provide
> this to Anaconda:
>
> host: foo.bar.com
> dir: /mirrors/fedora/3/i386/os
>
> Check http://fedora.redhat.com/ for list of mirror sites, and choose the
> one closest to you. All of them should have i386 directory somewhere,
> each with os and iso subdirectories. Installation tree is under os
> subdirectory.
>
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